ABSTRACT
Ethical theories have to start from somewhere. Earlier I considered ways of their starting outside ethics altogether. I also touched on the idea of starting inside ethics, but merely from the meaning of moral words. I found all of these in varying degrees unpersuasive, and some I rejected altogether. Many would agree with these conclusions, including some writers whose aim it is to construct an ethical theory. They still have to start from somewhere, and the only starting point left is ethical experience itself.
